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Re: [PLUG] Accessing ext(x) filesystems from windows
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gabriel rosenkoetter said:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 06:10:06PM -0500, Martin DiViaio wrote:
>> EXT3 is EXACTLY the same as EXT2 except that journaling is turned on.
>> You can use any of the EXT2 tools available to read the partition
>> without any problems. (You can even do it under Linux.)
>
> How does that help Arthur access either kind of partition from
> MS Windows?
Possible because there is a EXT2 driver available for Windows, but no EXT3
driver. But the EXT2 driver should let him read his EXT3 disk, presuming
that it's readable as a standard EXT2 disk, I imagine.
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